It is unique in having almost no patronage from a ruling dynasty, other than its omposers. Hindu texts such as Gita, Mahabharat, Vedas, and Bhagvat became popular. The phagus are poems that pictured the blissful and cheery nature of the spring festival Vasantha. During this age, Jain and Hindu poets produced Gujarat literature in abundance. It is generally accepted by historians and researchers in literary genres in Gujarati literature that the earliest writings in this very ancient language were by Jaina authors. He had penned a formal set of 'grammarian principles' as the harbinger of the Gujarati language during the reign of the Solanki king Siddharaj Jaisinh of Anhilwara.
However, Gujarati literature and its tremendous maturation and proficiency in contributing to culture is retraced back to sultanate days referring to the Muzaffarid dynasty, which had provided the sultans of Gujarat in western India from to
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In Gujarat, due to the development of trade and commerce, the religious influence of Jainism as well as Hinduism, and also due to the safety and encouragement of rulers like Siddhraj, Solanki and Vaghela Rajputs, literary activities were in full force from the 11th century. Narsinh Mehta A. Poets from the Swaminarayan sect contributed immensely. Rasas were long poems which were essentially heroic, romantic or narrative in nature. This period also experienced the colossal Puranic revival, which led to the rapid growth and maturation of devotional poetry in Gujarati literature.
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